TRAINS! 1941 last of the interurban

[K7SGJ]

Thanks for the video.

When I watch an old video like that, and see all the old cars, I have to wonder where in the hell did they all go. I sure wouldn't mind having two or three just for fun.

[KG4CGC]

Thanks for the video.

When I watch an old video like that, and see all the old cars, I have to wonder where in the hell did they all go. I sure wouldn't mind having two or three just for fun.

Some of them are resurrected by wealthy land and business owners for personal use on private rails.

[ka4dpo]

Thanks for the video.

When I watch an old video like that, and see all the old cars, I have to wonder where in the hell did they all go. I sure wouldn't mind having two or three just for fun.

Here's a WIK story for you. The year before I went to college I worked for a small oil company in Newport Beach California that was owned by Mohawk Petroleum in Canada. Anyway, one day my boss gave me and another grunt an address and told us to go pick up an old truck they were going to use for a promotional run.

When we got there were knocked out. The guy had all of these beautiful old cars from the 1920's through the 1950's, he must have had at least a hundred cars from the 1930's. I asked him if he was a car collector. He said no, he restored old cars and leased them mostly to movie studios when they needed old cars to film scenes in period movies. one of the more interesting things I discovered was that many of the cars didn't run, theses were the ones they parked on the streets on movie sets. Some other cars were actually towed by cables but the camera angle was such that you couldn't see them. So that turned out to be one helluva interesting day for me.

[n2ize]

Thanks for the video.

When I watch an old video like that, and see all the old cars, I have to wonder where in the hell did they all go. I sure wouldn't mind having two or three just for fun.

Well if they operate anything like the NYC Transit authority then most of them were probably scrapped. The retired cars here in NY, they either scrap them, reef them, use them as work cars, and some they preserve and run for special occasions and/or keep them at various transit museums. One old NYC car happens to be in some guys back yard in Florida.

Since the Indiana system was shut down altogether my guess is most of the cars were probably scrapp Or in some guy's back yard in Florida. ;)

[W2NAP]

Well if they operate anything like the NYC Transit authority then most of them were probably scrapped. The retired cars here in NY, they either scrap them, reef them, use them as work cars, and some they preserve and run for special occasions and/or keep them at various transit museums. One old NYC car happens to be in some guys back yard in Florida.

Since the Indiana system was shut down altogether my guess is most of the cars were probably scrapp Or in some guy's back yard in Florida. ;)

the wiki url I posted, actually tells what cars were saved and where they are. most saved cars stayed in the semi local area.

[n2ize]

the wiki url I posted, actually tells what cars were saved and where they are. most saved cars stayed in the semi local area.

That's good to hear.